TOXIC work culture - Anonymous employee Edelman Employee Review

1.0
Oct 23, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits Exposure to different accounts and high-profile clients Resume builder/ experience Basic agency perks

Cons

Few effective leaders No work life balance everyone is overworked and miserable Lack of visibility/ inconsistency across all teams No real diversity Sexual harassment allegations Rigid hierarchical system High turnover and continues to get worse Lack of direction HR is useless

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Edelman Response
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Thank you for sharing this feedback. I'm disheartened to hear much of it, however, since we've worked hard to make team integration, diversity and inclusion, harassment prevention and other cultural impacts major priorities for our leadership teams across the U.S. I’m also surprised, since there is so much wonderful, exciting work taking place in our Chicago office under the leadership of our new Regional President there. Nonetheless, your comments are concerning to me and I’d like to understand more about your experience. HR is only useless when not made aware of a problem, therefore, I hope you’ll reach out to me directly at Maria.OKeeffe@edelman.com to discuss your concerns. Maria O'Keeffe, Executive Director, US HR

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